Foundation Scholarships

Morris, Elizabeth G. English

To be eligible for the scholarship, the recipient must: be enrolled in the Comprehensive or Standard Major: English-Teaching; demonstrate intent to be an English teacher; have senior standing as defined by the University; and have an overall GPA of 3.5 or better. Among the students meeting the above criteria, preference will be given to those students who have used their electives to achieve a degree of parity among courses in the English language, in composition, and in literature. Beyond these objective criteria, the English Department may consider recommendations from teachers and advisors and whatever other information it considers appropriate to help it determine promise of success as a middle school or secondary school teacher of English.

Application forms are available in the Department of English Office. Applicants must provide the names of two UWEC English professors who can speak to their qualifications for this scholarship.

Notification to the recipient and to the Dean of Education and Human Sciences will be made by the Department of English Scholarship Committee. The English Department should complete and submit a “Scholarship Award Form” to the Financial Aid Office. The recipient will also be invited to the College of Education and Human Sciences Scholarship Awards event in the spring.

Elizabeth Morris loved the English language—its word, grammar, and structure every bit as much as its power to paint pictures, tell stories, communicate ideas. A devoted teacher and scholar herself, she believed that one of the most important challenges the university faced was not just to train teachers but to educate them in the disciplines they would be taking out into the schools of Wisconsin. In particular she wanted to know that those who taught the language she loved shared both her passion and her expertise, and to that end she directed her efforts for twenty-four years in the UW-Eau Claire Department of English. To continue her work, the Elizabeth G. Morris Scholarship is being offered to a senior student in the Comprehensive or Standard major: English-Teaching programs.